Running on a Logged On User's Desktop

Sometimes there are windows applications that can only run in a logged on user's session. Automating these kinds of applications can be a challenge. Situate provides a component called the "desktop controller". It is an application that starts when a user logs in and executes as a tray icon.

The "desktop controller" is a bridge that allows Situate to execute applications as if the logged on user started them (avoiding the session 0 limitations put in place by Microsoft More information on session 0 isolation.))

To run an application in this way, check the "Run on logged in user's desktop" check box in the remote exec task's configuration.

When Situate executes the command, the user Situate executes the command as must have a native identity matching a user that is currently logged in.

It is up to the customer to setup some kind of auto-login for these kinds of applications to run.